After signing the Instrument of Accession, the maharaja appointed his political adversary, Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, as the head of an interim government. . On 2 November 1947, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of independent India, reiterated his government’s pledge to not..…

Our study deepens Roopkund in many ways, said study Niraj Rai, head of the Ancient DNA Lab at Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences India, in email. ..…